ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
speech; expression; wording; language
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
sense of values; values; value system
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
smoothly; easily; readily
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
like this; this sort; this way
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
perfect; perfection; perfect game
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
sound (of a sentence); euphony
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...